A Daily Devotional – James, the Epistle – Personal Meditation
Comment: Have you ever thought of it this
way? James says “Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. He who speaks evil
of a brother and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law and judges the law.
But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge”. We never
think of the strict consequence of judging as Jesus, Himself has said in
Matthew 7:1-6 “Hypocrite! First remove the “plank” from your own eye, and then
you will see clearly to remove the “speck” from your brother’s eye”. Verse 5;
speaks loud and clear that he who judges another will reap a whirlwind of
trouble because they have taken their ‘holy conduct’ and placed it in the
clutches of ridicule; verse 6!
Devotional: James
4:12 – There is but ONE lawgiver, there is only ONE judge. This ONE is able to
SAVE and to DESTROY. If you are not HIM (and you are not) the only part of this
statement that you are able to accomplish is to DESTROY! Truly this not hard
for any of us to understand; yet, in almost every church meeting, either before
the meeting or after we run into people who already have judged the speaker or
will judge them. Anything you or I may have understood about the anticipate
service or wisdom of the service is destroyed.
Time is short this morning, lots to do. So, we will
pick up the remainder of chapter four on Monday, in the meantime, pray for the
peace of Israel, who is the coming Messiah. Also, pray for this country, it’s present
leadership and for the Church of the LORD JESUS. Without these three, we have
no country or freedom.
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